This page in my altered hymnal has a theme of contentment prompted by the latest challenge at Salt.
The words around the edge read: Paul says “for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.” I desire to be this way all the time, but sometimes contentment eludes me. Then I find it again.
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The latest Salt challenge is the theme, Believe. The text is John 9 about a blind man whose sight was restored. His response, “Lord, I believe.”
This page is also a reflection of my own experience. When I was blind, my world was colorless, dark, lifeless. Now I feel the blood flowing, and although I can [...]
The latest Salt challenge is Lent. This was a difficult topic for me since I don’t participate in traditional Lenten practices. Although raised in a church that does recognize the season of Lent, I had to do an internet search to refresh my mind on the purpose and intent of Lent.
Lent is a time of reflection [...]
For our Keepers of the Faith group, I’ve been teaching an altered books class. The kids are having so much fun with the project. To begin, I got some board books from the thrift store and covered them all with gesso. The kids had a blank book to fill. Below are a few sample pages [...]
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My husband’s Christmas present was also my first piece of art outside of a book. Although I did prepare a canvas, I ended up using the cover of a book instead. The words in ink read Symbiosis: the living together of two dissimlar organisms, such as you and I. The highlighted text on the page reads [...]
The ecology teaching went great on Thursday. We made a craft without purchasing supplies using the ornament idea from Bella Dia.
Lazer tag was extremely fun last night. My birthday girl was high score shooter for 2 of the 3 games we played.
And a very fun discovery was made this morning during my son’s Christmas Program rehearsal. [...]
I’ve had an idea for this page for over a year now. It feels good to finally get it out. After I started working on the page, I reread the text it is based on. Mental note, always refresh my memory before beginning. I had forgotten that seraphims are male and have 6 wings.
Isaiah 6:1-8 In [...]
The topic of my hymnal page is deep. The girl behind bars is my sister in Christ. I first met her in my neighborhood about a year ago. She is not only jailed physically right now, she has been imprisoned emotionally and spiritually her whole life. I desire for her to be free. She is [...]
Today I am beginning to feel a bit achy and tired. Although I have ideas for an exciting page, I don’t have the energy to do it. Therefore I tore a face from a magazine and traced the lines. I’m hoping that someday the lines in a face will just flow from my fingers. Until [...]
The trees on my nature hike really had an impact. I’ve been wanting to complete the Creation theme for the Salt challenge a couple weeks ago. Today was the day as I completed my art for the day.
The book print is actually a cut-out of an extremely old Bible that no longer has a binding. [...]
The latest challenge at Salt is Jesus is Lord. The Biblical text used is from John 8: 2-11:
John 8:2-11 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. (3) And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman [...]
I’ve been working (or not) on this sampler quilt for 5 years now. I took a “how to quilt” class in which we machine pieced the blocks and learned to hand quilt. I loved the machine piecing and did several block-of-the-month quilt blocks after this class (although I have not ever completed a quilt). The block-of-the-month [...]
Have you started your art journal yet? Are you still breathing? No excuses now.
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Well, I found out I don’t have a picture of me when I was five. I’ll either have to do a self portrait, or leave a space until I can get one from my mom.
Aren’t these videos fun? I especially appreciate them as I learn by watching. Books and magazines have helped me so much, [...]
